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| 13652767336 | 4 functions of government | keep order, provide services, provide security, guide the community | 0 | |
| 13652771296 | Major goals of framers (4) | Strong gov, protect states, protect liberty, popular consent | 1 | |
| 13652782598 | concurrent powers (5) | Levy taxes, borrow money, spend for welfare, make laws, charter banks | 2 | |
| 13652789708 | National powers (9) | Commerce, coinage, army, declare war, federal courts, foreign relations, territories, immigration | 3 | |
| 13652798004 | State Powers (5) | Interstate commerce, local govs, education, protect welfare, regulate corporations | 4 | |
| 13652806454 | Executive>Legislative (3) | Veto, special session, execute laws | 5 | |
| 13652811341 | Legislative>Executive (5) | Impeach, override, investigation, approve treaties & appointments, makes budget | 6 | |
| 13652823483 | Judicial>Executive | Review | 7 | |
| 13652828131 | Executive>Judicial (3) | Nominates, pardons, execution | 8 | |
| 13652836348 | Judicial>Legislative | Review | 9 | |
| 13652839394 | Legislative>Judicial (5) | Determines size, impeach judges, rewrite legislation, amendments, judicial nominees | 10 | |
| 13652851143 | Article 1, Section 1 | All lawmaking power in Congress | 11 | |
| 13652854095 | Article 1, Section 4 | Elections and meetings | 12 | |
| 13652856298 | Article 1, Section 5 | Rules | 13 | |
| 13652858377 | Article 1, Section 6 | Rights and duties of Congressmen | 14 | |
| 13652861499 | Article 1, Section 7 | making laws | 15 | |
| 13652861500 | Article 1 Section 8 | Powers of Congress | 16 | |
| 13652864883 | Article 1, Section 9 | Powers denied to Congress | 17 | |
| 13652864884 | Article 1, Section 10 | powers denied to the states | 18 | |
| 13652868981 | Article 2, Section 1 | office of the president | 19 | |
| 13652870510 | Article 3, Section 1 | one supreme court and inferior courts | 20 | |
| 13652872083 | Article 3, Section 3 | treason | 21 | |
| 13652876615 | Article 4, Section 3 | new states | 22 | |
| 13652878145 | Article 4, Section 4 | Protection of states | 23 | |
| 13652880839 | Article 5 | Proposed 2/3, ratified 3/4 | 24 | |
| 13652882707 | Article 6 | Debts, Supremacy, Oaths | 25 | |
| 13652887319 | 5th Amendment (5) | Self-incrimination, grand jury, double jeopardy, eminent domain, due process of law | 26 | |
| 13652895295 | 6th Amendment | Right to a speedy trial | 27 | |
| 13652896543 | 16th Amendment | income tax | 28 | |
| 13652896544 | 17th Amendment | Direct election of senators | 29 | |
| 13652897756 | 20th Amendment | No more lame duck | 30 | |
| 13652898932 | 22nd Amendment | Limits the president to two terms. | 31 | |
| 13652900422 | policy fragmentation | Policy doesn't deal with entire problem | 32 | |
| 13652902004 | mixed ecomony | Both government and industry play a role | 33 | |
| 13652905852 | Keynesian economics | government can smooth out business cycles | 34 | |
| 13652908318 | supply-side economics | Cut taxes to increase production | 35 | |
| 13652911936 | Federal Reserve Board | Moves interest rates | 36 | |
| 13652913045 | reserve requirement | Amount of money banks must have on hand | 37 | |
| 13652916727 | discount rate | Interest banks must pay to Fed Banks | 38 | |
| 13652921682 | open market operations | Trade of government bonds | 39 | |
| 13652924200 | authorization committees | Decides what programs Congress wants to fund | 40 | |
| 13652926006 | Appropriation committees | Decides how much money to give | 41 | |
| 13652929489 | Budget Reform Act | Made CBO | 42 | |
| 13652933689 | Budget Enforcement Act | Steamlined budget process, made it easier to compromise | 43 | |
| 13652936313 | balance of trade | ratio of imported products to exported products | 44 | |
| 13652940196 | Trade deficit | imports exceed exports | 45 | |
| 13652942361 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | Made World Trade Organization | 46 | |
| 13652948132 | Great Society | LBJ: expanded welfare | 47 | |
| 13652949503 | Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) | Maintains recipient's standard of living | 48 | |
| 13652952729 | Gross Domestic Product | Number of goods and services produced | 49 | |
| 13652953804 | Obamacare | Fines individuals without healthcare | 50 | |
| 13652959590 | implied powers | Not stated powers for Congress | 51 | |
| 13652960671 | inherent powers | Never stated powers for president | 52 | |
| 13652964005 | How was the Commerce clause expanded? (2) | Only Congress and anything affecting commerce | 53 | |
| 13652968331 | House only things (4) | Rules Committee, formal, germane, Ways and Means Committee | 54 | |
| 13652972057 | Senate only things (3) | Riders, hold, filibuster | 55 | |
| 13652974715 | fiscal policy | Tax and spending | 56 | |
| 13652975958 | mandatory spending | Spending required by law | 57 | |
| 13652980770 | ___ of the budget is mandatory spending | 2/3 | 58 | |
| 13652984426 | Expressed powers of president (5) | Veto, commander-in chief, treaties, nominations, state of the union | 59 | |
| 13652992425 | Inherent Powers of the President (4) | Executive agreements, executive order, bully pulpit, signing statement | 60 | |
| 13652998898 | United States v. Lopez | Possession of handgun is not commerce | 61 | |
| 13653004294 | New York Times v. US | Publication must cause "grave and irreparable" danger | 62 | |
| 13653007857 | Baker v. Carr | Redistributing is justiciable by federal courts | 63 | |
| 13653009955 | Shaw v. Reno | No racial gerrymandering | 64 | |
| 13786293071 | 6 functions of congress | lawmaking, representation, service to constituents, oversight, public education, and conflict resolution | 65 | |
| 13786322168 | Issue network | Groups that work togetherness on policy | 66 | |
| 13786537758 | Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Bill, 1985 | Set budget reduction targets to balance budget. Failed to eliminate loopholes. | 67 | |
| 13786789763 | Gibbons v. Ogden | Only congress can regulate interstate commerce | 68 | |
| 13786801260 | Gitlow v. New York | First use of selective incorporation | 69 | |
| 13786814174 | Weeks v. US or Wolf v. Colorado | exclusionary rule | 70 | |
| 13786832249 | Cantwell v. Connecticut | free exercise of religion | 71 | |
| 13786845569 | Miller v. California | established obscenity test | 72 | |
| 13786852652 | New York Times v. Sullivan | Defines libel and slander | 73 | |
| 13803740505 | runoff primary | When no candidate receives a majority of votes, an election held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the primary | 74 | |
| 13803754389 | delegate | Pledged to a certain candidate | 75 | |
| 13803763726 | Superdelegates | National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot | 76 | |
| 13803772705 | McGovern-Fraser Commission | Delegates represented by proportion of population in each state | 77 | |
| 13803785143 | Super Tuesday | Day of primaries | 78 | |
| 13803802036 | Frontloading | Moves primary | 79 | |
| 13803810498 | Rational voting | Candidate furthers personal interest | 80 | |
| 13803816376 | retrospective voting | Voting based on candidate's past | 81 | |
| 13803826173 | Prospective voting | Voting based on candidate's future | 82 | |
| 13803829541 | Party-line voting | candidates by their party affiliation | 83 | |
| 13803853015 | PACs | Corporations that raise campaigns funds | 84 | |
| 13803859901 | 527 groups | Tax-exempt organizations that engage in political activities | 85 | |
| 13803880364 | Dealignment | voters losing identification with any party | 86 | |
| 13803883607 | Realignment | Coalitions of a party fall apart | 87 | |
| 13803914916 | critical election | New party comes to dominate politics | 88 | |
| 13803925209 | influence peddling | using personal friendships to get political advantage | 89 | |
| 13803935841 | Federal Action Campaign Act | Created PACs | 90 | |
| 13803995594 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Made it illegal to say anything bad about the government | 91 | |
| 13804006126 | Pendleton Act | Merit system | 92 | |
| 13804042251 | Reed v. Reed | Discrimination against women is unconstitutional | 93 | |
| 13804060309 | New Jersey v. TLO | School searches without warrants are allowed | 94 | |
| 13804080885 | Disadvantages of Federalism (3) | Inflexible, complex, conflicts of authority | 95 | |
| 13804103505 | Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier | School newspapers can be censored | 96 | |
| 13804124941 | Hobbes | Government is social contract | 97 | |
| 13804130990 | Locke | Inalienable rights | 98 | |
| 13804133772 | Baron de Montesquieu | separation of powers | 99 | |
| 13804147299 | Federal Election Campaign Act | increased disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns | 100 | |
| 13804153632 | Budget and Impoundment Control Act | creates CBO and makes impoundment illegal | 101 | |
| 13804183352 | Rousseau | People make sure power | 102 | |
| 13804194244 | Tocqueville | America "exceptional" | 103 | |
| 13804208205 | National Voter Registration Act | "Motor voter Act"- voters can register when they get their driver's license | 104 | |
| 13804224313 | Patriot Act | Strong government for terrorism | 105 | |
| 13804235087 | No Child Left Behind Act | National regulation of education | 106 | |
| 13804267135 | Brutus 1 why federalism is bad (5) | -Necessary and proper clause too powerful -all important powers national -no limit in taxing -standing army -federal courts destroy state courts | 107 | |
| 13842530425 | Block grants | "Block" of money set aside for a broad purpose: little strings attached: favored by states | 108 | |
| 13842532952 | categorical grants | Grants with specific purpose: has regulations on how to spend it: favored by states | 109 | |
| 13842540960 | What permits Congress to stimulate the economy? | Power to pass a federal budget | 110 | |
| 13842541882 | libertarian ideology | Limited role of government | 111 | |
| 13842546338 | Green Party (3) | environmentalism, social justice, diversity | 112 | |
| 13842551478 | Reform party (3) | Balance Money, immigration restriction, and popular vote | 113 | |
| 13842570241 | Democratic Party | Government involvement, welfare | 114 | |
| 13842573199 | Republican | Pro-business | 115 | |
| 13842578649 | Whig Party | opposed policies of Andrew Jackson | 116 | |
| 13842584835 | Populist Party (4) | "Free silver," public ownership of railroads, immigration restriction, direct election of senators | 117 | |
| 13842610500 | Progressive Party | Progressive policies | 118 | |
| 13842612948 | Socialist Party | Worker's rights, collective ownership of means of production | 119 |
